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26 September 1996

MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Director __
, Assassination Records Review Board

FROM: John F. Pereira
” Central Intelligence. Agency

SUBJECT: Reconsideration of Release of
““Warrenton” in the Lopez Report

1. The attached memorandum is provided. in support of
our request that the JFK board reconsider its decision to
release the reference to Warrenton Records Center in the
Lopez Report (p. 44).

2. We request that this memorandum and attachment .

be returned to CIA once the Board has completed its
deliberations on this issue.

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25 September 1996

MEMORANDUM. FOR: Information Review Officer,
Directorate of Administration

VIA:. Deputy Director for Administration
Director of Facilities and Security Services
Chief, Facilities Management Group, OFSS

FROM: , Chief, Warrenton Training Center, FMG/OFSS
SUBJECT: (S) Warrenton Training Center Cover
Considerations
1. (S) This memorandum is written pursuant to yesterday's

discussion with regard to the release of JFK-related documents
that refer to “Warrenton” and/or derivatives of a Records Center.
It documents executive-level “evidence” as to why “Warrenton”
cover needs to be protected. In brief, significant damage to _
mission, people, and the very existence of the Warrenton Training
Center (WTC) would occur as a result of the second- and third-
order effects of any confirmed affiliation. with the Agency.

2. (S) As background, the Central Intelligence Agency has
gone to great lengths to protect sensitive missions and prevent.
identification of covert personnel as Agency employees. The
latter is especially profound as the very lives of these
employees are'often placed in jeopardy at hostile overseas posts.
The anonymity provided by cover is essential to their protection.
Furthermore, the Warrenton Training Center (WTC) provides the
sanctuary whereby Department of State and Diplomatic
Telecommunications Service Project Office (DTSPO) personnel can
train alongside Agency employees without fear of being “tagged”
as working for the Agency. .

3. (S). The cover mechanism itself is very fragile. Per
mandate of the cover providers, the National Communications
System (NCS), and the Department of the Army, the affiliation of
wrc and the Agency, is classified SECRET vice CONFIDENTIAL. WTC

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cover operates solely on the ability to sustain plausible denial.
In. spite of previous rumors of an Agency affiliation, categorical
dénial of such has worked to the point that the media currently
refers to WTC as a.“Top Secret military installation.” In
addition, the public-at-large truly believes that WTC is a
military installation. Given a generally inquisitive media

(one radio station, two newspapers -- all with connections to
affiliates in the Washington Metropolitan Area) and recent
publicity over a WTC ground water contamination issue, the re-
lease of references to “Warrenton” in the JFK-related documents
would precipitate an unwelcome focus on WTC. This would lead to
the real possibility that cover would be compromised.

4.  (S) With the closure of Vint Hill, WTC is the sole
remaining federal facility in the Warrenton area. As a result,
the affiliation of Agency records. or “Records Center,” under any
ruse, will provide a direct link to the Warrenton Training
Center. This will pose severe problems for installation
activities. While the Agency Archives and Records Center is
located at Station “A,” the media frequently refers to WTC in its
entirety. Activities at the other three WIC Stations that would
be compromised are as follows:

a. Station B serves as the principal training site for
the Office’ of Communications, DTSPO, and the Department of |
State. However, it also is the site of sensitive activities
engaged in by personnel from the Directorate of. Operations,
the Office of Engineering and Development, the Directorate
of Intelligence, and the Office of Technical Collections.

It is also a training site for.covert employees from all
Directorates, to include foreign language immersion for
officers assigned overseas. In addition, secret Community-
wide conferences are held at this low-profile location.
Within the past year, conferences have ranged from the
Agency’s NOC Conference to the Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence to the strategic planning meeting by Community
Executives, Ambassadors, and members of the White House
Cabinet in preparation for the Bosnian Peace Talks.

b. Station C serves as the Agency's primary
transmission site for world-wide communications.

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c. Station D serves as the Agency’s primary receiving
site for world-wide communications. It also handles a
significant quantity of message traffic for the White House
and member organizations of the Intelligence Community on a
24-hour basis. This message traffic is vital to national.
security preparedness.

WTC’s cover allows it to maintain a very-.low profile. It is that
low profile which protects the personnel and missions as
described above. Removal of that protective cover, by act or.
deed, would provide easy targets of. opportunity for ;counter-
intelligence activities, terrorist activities, demonstrations,
and emotionally unstable individuals.

5. (S) In summary, any affiliation of WTC and the Agency,
no matter how insignificant the individual occurrence or document
release may seem, has the very real potential to jeopardize
lives, disrupt the Agency mission, disrupt world-wide classified
message traffic, and, thereby, do irreparable harm to the
national security of the United States.

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SUBJECT: (Re: Release Issue/JFK Board

Thanks. | passed along to D/EXDIR and EXDIR. The D/EXDIR may want Brian Latell to pravide some more e background on this issue at
the meeting tomorrow. .

Original Text of John F. Pereira

Original Text of John F. Pereira

Following is in response to questions raised by the EXDIR:
1. Members of JFK Board: -
Chairman: Judge John Tunheim (Federal District Court, Minnesota}
Four other members: Henry Graft: History Professor Emeritus, Columbia U.
Kermit Hall: Dean of Humanities, Ohio State
Wiliam Joyce; Assoc. Librarian, Princeton U.
Anna Nelson; History Professor, American U.

2. Intermediate steps before appeal to President:

a) We are discussing our concerns with JFK Board Staff. and will ask the Board to
reconsider its decision, -

Wy We Th propese that a senior Agency officer brief the Board on the a sensitiity of
Warrenton, ;

: 3. Who would make. the appeal to the President ?

Thus far, the process calls for the Agency's General Counsel to forward the appeal
to the White House Counsel, with the approval of the EXDIR and/or DCI.

4, Has there been an appeal to the President before ?
CIA has submitted one appeal, in early 1996. The issues concerned identification of —

certain European stations and liaison relationships. The White House directed the
Board and the Agency to “work it out’, which was done. After the ADDO briefed the

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Board, a compromise was reached.
The FBI has submitted three appeals, none of which was successful.
§. Does ISCAP have a role 7

Thus far, ISCAP has had no role with regard to JFK, as far as we are aware.

Ce: . Regina A. Genton, Brian S. Latell, Edmund Cohen @ DA, James R. Oliver @ DA, Linda C. Cipriani, J. Barry Harrelson
Sent on 20 October 1997 at 02:21:49 PM

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MEMORANDUM FOR: (U) Executive Director

Assassination Records Review Board

FROM: (U) Deputy Director for Administration
- Central Intelligence Agency»

SUBJECT: (S) -Required Protection of Warrenton Training
Center (WTC) as CIA Facility

1.- (S) This memorandum is submitted pursuant to the
decision by the Assassination Records Review Board (hereafter
“ARRB” or “Board”) to release the term. “Warrenton Records Center”
in the context of a'CIA facility and the Board’s subsequent .-.

‘decision on 17 November 1997 to reconsider this issue. It

provides additional information as to why Warrenton Training
Center (“WTC”) as a CIA facility must be protected from public
disclosure and hence the cover of this clandestine facility
maintained:*

2. (U) As a preliminary matter, I would respectfully ask

. the Board and staff to note the classified nature of this

document, to limit: access to those individuals properly cleared,

> (8) The documents at issue contain the term “Warrenton. Records Center” :

however the actual name of the CIA facility at Warrenton is the “Warrenton
Training Center.” In point of fact, even CIA personnel tend to use the terms
interchangeably. :

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and to return this memorandum for. retention to Agency
representatives at the conclusion of your deliberations.

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3. (8) As we advised previously, identifiable and serious
damage to the mission, the people and the very existence of WTC
could reasonably be expected to occur as a result of any
confirmed affiliation with the Agency. Before examining with
particularity the damage that would flow from disclosure, I
believe that it would be helpful to understand in some detail the >
activities which currently constitute the WTC. mission and what
new, costly and critical activities are being developed for WTC.

4. (S) WTC is much more than a records archive for the CIA
operating under the relatively fragile cover of the National
Communications System (NCS) of the Department of the Army.”

While it does serve this function, and thus houses at the site
known as Station A some of the Agency’s most important and |
sensitive Top Secret Codeword material,* it is currently the very
heart of the CIA’s worldwide communications effort,.a eritical —

7 (8) Pursuant to classification guidelines promulgated by the Director of
Central Intelligence, this fact is currently and properly classified at the
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3 (8) Because of the sensitivity of CIA records, the Archivist of the United
States has authorized the CIA to maintain this archive for both permanent and
temporary records pending ultimate transfer to the National Archives no sooner
than 50 years after their origination. This records center currently houses
nearly 130,000 cubic feet of records classified up to.and including Top Secret
codeword and composed of various media ranging from paper to original imagery
from our national aerial and satellite surveillance platforms. In addition,.
the center also houses the CIA's vital records which would provide the only
basis for continuity of operations should disaster befall CIA headquarters.
In addition and because of the security offered, the Center serves a similar
role for the National Security Council and the Office of the Management and
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element in our foreign signals intelligence effort, and a
principal location for training and conferencing of officers
engaged in highly clandestine technical intelligence collection
activities. The facilities at WTC in support of these efforts
include:

e Station B serves as the principal communications training
site not only for CIA (and thus for CIA communicators who
are sent worldwide under official or non-official cover)
but also houses the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service

(DTS) Program Office which is responsible for various
CIA/Department of State communications. efforts and the
actual Department of State Communications School. This
site also supports extensive and very sensitive (a)
technical procurement, testing and training, (b) human
operational activities, and (c) conferencing; examples in
this regard include: ,

¢ covert employees of the Office of Technical
Collection’ which procures, distributes, tests and
repairs equipment for our signals intelligence
program as well as other technical collection
platforms such as the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
which has played and continues to play a critical
role in the Bosnian theater; Py

‘ (8S) The Office of Technical Collection is a component within the
Directorate of Science and Technology which is responsible for the _
development, deployment and management of the CIA’s Signals Intelligence
(SIGINT) and Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) programs as well

. a8 other technical intelligence collection programs. By way of example, our

SIGINT program includes unilateral activities directed against foreign
communications networks, liaison activities with cooperating foreign
governments, and support activities for the DO’s human intelligence mission.

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covert employees of the Office of External
Development” and the various area divisions of the
Directorate of Operations (hereafter “DO”) which
are responsible for clandestine human intelligence
operations overseas ;°

senior officials of the Administration,
Ambassadors, and senior executive branch offices
in preparation for diplomatic initiatives, such as
the Bosnian Peace Talks; and

members and staff from the Senate Select Committee
on Intelligence. ,

Station C serves as the CIA’s primary transmit site for
high frequency (HF) covert communications (covcom) and
thus maintains communications with our most sensitive and
secret officers and assets operating overseas largely
with non-official cover; and

Station D serves as the Agency’s primary receive site for
world-wide classified and encrypted communications with

5 (8) ‘The Office of External Development (OED). is one of the most sensitive

components within the Directorate of Operations and is résponsible for the
recruitment and placement of “non-official cover” (NOC) officers overseas who

are responsible for the recruitment and management of foreign nationals who
provide clandestine services for CIA.

‘(8) The various DO area divisions utilize Wrc for immersion language
training, covert communications training, and other seminars and studies where
such training could not be accomplished through the Department of State or
identified CIA facilities because of their pending overseas assignments.

‘Hence, if WTC was associated with CIA, then the presence of a student at WTc
would serve to identify that officer as a soon-to-be-assigned espionage
officer for American intelligence -- an identification inconsistent with their
pending diplomatic or commercial cover and the success of their mission.

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our covert foreign stations and bases, and, also
processes a significant volume of highly sensitive

. message traffic for the White House and the Secretary of
State.

5. (S) As detailed on the attached annotated photographs,
WTC and its four constituent stations are a critical support
element for the clandestine intelligence collection mission of
the CIA and the United States. Whether sending a message to a
covert foreign national asset in Havana, or receiving a message
from the CIA Chief of Station in Moscow, or supporting military
and diplomatic representatives in Bosnia, WTC is a key element in
that effort. Moreover, it is extremely vulnerable to physical
attack because of the proximity of uncontrolled public roads and
spaces. Accordingly, and as considered in more detail in
paragraph 6 below, any affiliation of WTC with the CIA, no matter.
how insignificant the individual occurrence or document release
may seem, has the very real potential to jeopardize lives,
negatively affect the Agency mission, and thereby do irreparable
harm to the national security of the United States.

6. (S) But in addition to this established mission and
extant risks, there are new activities at WTC in direct support
of the nation’s leadership which must be considered --
specifically, the establishment of the Director of Central
Intelligence (DCI) Emergency Relocation Site (ERS), and an
alternative ERS site for the Secretary of State. WTC has been
chosen to be the primary DCI ERS given its location,

communications, information services, and life support
capabilities. Needless to say, the fact that WTC is not an
officially recognized CIA facility adds a dimension of secrecy
which will be needed to enable the DCI to continue his work

during any emergency situation. Additionally, active
consideration is being given to. also designating WIC as the

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Agency’s primary Emergency Communications Center. Given the
amount of time, money and resources which will be expended to
insure that the facility is maintained in such a way that it will
be prepared for any emergency situation, it would certainly be in
the best interests of the US Government not to permit any
official affiliation, no matter how minor, of WTC and the CIA.

7. (S) The preceding descriptions of ongoing and planned
activities at WTC presents, I believe, an intuitive sense of the
damage to national security which would follow from a linking of |
WTC with CIA. In sum, the conduct of covert . communications and

support activities as well as the presence of officers who will

soon be serving overseas under cover in highly sensitive
positions can not take place at a facility linked to CIA. But
there are some very specific damage issues that I wish to
highlight and they include:

e (S) Serious and Immediate Impairment to Physical and
Personnel Security: Our Department of the Army cover -
allows us to maintain a relatively low profile in the
Warrenton community and a very low profile outside of the
immediate area. .If WTC became recognized as a CIA
facility, the increased visibility and scrutiny would
place employees, facilities, and daily operations at
greater risk. In sum, WTC would become an easy “target
of opportunity” for the media, foreign counter-
intelligence agents, terrorist and. militia activities,
demonstrators, and emotionally unstable “individuals.
Facts, examples, and specific concerns include:

e WTC, like most domestic CIA sites, is a very

lightly guarded facility in terms of personnel:
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maintains security through a low profile.” | In the
past in the United States, identification of CIA

. facilities have led to a number of surreptitious
entries, bombings, and physical disruptions.
Simply stated, CIA isa target | for both hostile
individuals and organizations;*

e On the individual level and in the past. three
years, WTC has experienced an increase in security
incidents including a physical breach of Station D’
compound security, two suspect package incidents,
and additional unsolicited contacts and "gate
turn-around" incidents;?

7 (8) As detailed on the attached annotated photographs, the array of
communications equipment and its proximity to public spaces and roads is
clear. For example, Station C has two gates: the first is only 50 feet from
a public road and the sécond is approximately 600 feet. There are no
electronic intrusion alarms on the fence line and, most often, only one

‘security officer is present at a gate. All facility signs simply state:

“Warrenton Training Center / NCS / U.S: Army./ Admission By Permit Only” ©

®* (8) The current Kasi prosécution provides ample evidence of the risks
posed by the public identification of CIA domestic facilities. Any individual
intent upon seeking retribution for perceived wrongs quite naturally seeks a
target providing the largest possible public notice and while CIA. headquarters
is an excellent target, a covert facility is even a better target, and a
covert facility supporting the foreign espionage activities of the CIA is the
best possible target for a political and public statement.

°. (§) The breach of compound security was by an out-of- -state vehicle which
followed an employee through a remote gate and the driver had no credible...
explanation for their actions; the incident is considered suspicious and

‘unexplained. The suspect package incidents include a box which was placed

{not dropped) next to our facility which we believe was intended to test and
thus observe our response to suspicious packages. Gate turn-arounds number 8-
10 per month and include only those vehicles which ignore clear signs that
they are entering a classified government facility but proceed in any event to
our gate; it is instructive to note’ that, very few of these individuals state

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Moreover, in the past several years, the federal
government has had a heightened awareness of the
violent domestic organization threat posed by the
self-styled “militias” which have a stated intent
to destroy government communications capabilities
and facilities. We know, from information
provided by federal law enforcement authorities,
that the target list of such organizations
includes federal communications centers and WTC
Stations C and D exactly fit this target profile;

By way of examples in this regard, in June of this
year, the Sheriff of Fauquier County reported to
WTC information regarding, first, a local militia
group, and, second, "unusual" comments from
individuals living near Station C that we were
communicating with UFO'S;,

Any higher profile would realistically and
seriously threaten the physical and personnel
security of WTC. And, as evidenced by the.

‘attached map of wrc, such threats do not need to

penetrate the fence line: Agency: officials are of
the opinion that a bomb commensurate with the one
which exploded at the Oklahoma ‘City federal
building could do substantial damage to the
Agency’s communications equipment and could kill
numerous federal employees at WTC ‘from outside. the.
fence line in circumstances we.do not control . and -
could not prevent.

or imply that they know that wre is a CIA facility and, hence, it would appear
that our cover, in fact, is quite good.

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e (S) Likely Future Compromise of Covert Employees in .
Overseas Assignments: As discussed above, numerous CIA
employees involved in communications, technical
intelligence collection, and human intelligence
collection train and operate at WTC for the exact reason
that it provides a secure environment disassociated from
the CIA. We know from ample evidence that foreign
intelligence services have as a primary goal the
identification of US citizens’ who appear to be ordinary
public servants or private business people but are, in
actuality, clandestine intelligence officers. 70 Simply
stated, the identification of this facility with CIA will
label any and every individual associated as a likely.
intelligence officer and thus substantially negate their

“operational ability if not place their lives in jeopardy.

e (8S) Loss of Emergency Relocation Site for DCI:
Emergency: relocation sites (ERSs) -- whether they be for

the President or Cabinet officials -- have value only as
long as their identity is secret. The public disclosure
of the fact that WTC would serve as such an ERS site --
‘which could come from a general compromise of WTC as a
CIA facility plus subsequent visual surveillance -- would
negate Agency planning in this regard, vitiate
expenditures, and leave the Agency with» few realistic
options for survivability. We must assume that any

30 (8) We know from captured STASI (the former intelligence service of East
Germany) and clandestinely-acquired KGB files-that substantial resources have
been directed at such identifications. Typically, a suspect American will: be.
surveilled for some time in order to identify his or her target and
cooperating foreign nationals. To identify a communicator is one of the
highest priorities since it provides a possible entrée to cryptographic
compromise as well as an opportunity to “roll-up” or identify the numerous
human intelligence. collection officers who rely on that particular
communicator to transmit information back to the United States.

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entity which had the willingness and capability to attack
the CIA would be inclined to inflict the maximum damage.
Identification of WTC even as a generic CIA facility
poses an unacceptable risk to this key aspect to CIA
continuity of operations.

(S) Potential Compromise of Classified Communications or
Technical Collection Platforms: In addition to the

| foregoing physical threat to our communications

facilities (e.g., the potential to destroy towers,
satellite dishes and transmitting facilities by terrorist
act), the disclosure of WTC as the transmit and receive
site for CIA classified communications to foreign embassy
sites as well as foreign assets in the field presents a
significant opportunity for any number of foreign nations
to enhance their signals and communications intelligence
efforts at our expense. While the scope and
classification level of this memorandum does not permit a

detailed discussion, I am convinced that this disclosure

would make WTC a target of hostile foreign intelligence
services.

(S) Loss of Covert, Quick Reaction Procurement

Capability: In support of OTC and other tenant elements,
WTC uses its Army cover to procure items on a non-
attributable basis to CIA.** - These items are acquired in

‘near real time with minimal delay and direct delivery.

(S) The official term for such procurements is “SC-1” or “Sterility Code
1” which means that the tangible items purchased cannot be traced to CIA but |
only to a. non-sensitive government agency. For example, if an officer is
assigned undercover to a foreign capital and is undeclared to that country,
then it would be most imprudent to carry a personal computer and a cellular
telephone which could easily be traced to CIA: .At a minimum, that officer
would be subject to foreign counter-intelligence surveillance and all of his
or her contacts compromised (i.e., identified.and neutralized).

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If the WTC cover is eroded due to affiliation with the
Agency, past procurements could be retroactively __
compromised while subsequent procurement activity would
necessitate involving headquarters elements, indirect
delivery and forwarding to WTC. The loss of response
time would negatively impact on the operational
capabilities of WTC tenant organizations.

e (S) Loss of Secure. Training ‘and Conference Capability:
Station B is often used as a conference. facility not only
by Agency groups, but also by other US Government . ’
organizations. For example, Secretary of State Warren
Christopher's pre-planning session for the Bosnian Peace
Accord Talks was held at WTC based on the need for a
discreet location in which Department of State (DoS)
officials, to include two ambassadors, and the military
could secretly discuss strategic planning without undue
attention (media coverage). “If CIA affiliation is
acknowledged in any way, WTC’s value to the entire US
Government is greatly diminished. Additionally, its
value to the Agency is also diminished in that personnel
from OED and other operational elements who use this
facility would be running a greater risk of exposure and
cover compromise if they visited WTC. Since access roads
can be monitored and registration lists,and/or luggage
tags can be obtained at hotels used to accommodate some
of these visitors, their association with the CIA would
be much harder to protect...

e (8) Heightened Scrutiny of Classified Mission: For more.
than 40 years, WTC has operated as an Army facility. We
have been a good "neighbor" and have developed close
working. relationships throughout the town. To confirm
what many have suspected but could never prove (or what a
few “knew” but willingly protected) will have a negative —

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impact on our. credibility and will create an “open
season” for the local media and others as they quite
naturally attempt to learn any and all aspects of our
mission -- those clandestine officers who could come and
go previously with little notice will now be a highly ©
visible target.””

°® (8S) Endangerment of Department of State Officers and
Loss of WTC as Training Site for DoS: As the Department

of State is an integral part of WTC, their concerns must

_ also be taken into consideration. They have advised of
their significant concerns that a loss of WTC cover will
lead to the mis-identification of DoS communicators
overseas as CIA officers. They have stated that it is
the fact of the current WTC cover which permits them to
train DoS communicators alongside Agency communicators at
a very efficient cost. The only solution to the loss of
-cover would be to move the DoS communications school to-
another location, a very costly endeavor in both time and
money .

8. (S) In summary, it is my considered judgment that the-
release of the term "Warrenton Records Center", which will create
an affiliation of WTC and the CIA, would cause »major disruptions
to CIA operations, possible physical harm to CIA facilities and
personnel, and hence identifiable and serious damage to the
national security of the United States. Accordingly, I
respectfully request that the Board defer release of such
information. In doing so, I am mindful of the Board’s mission

(8) It is not unreasonable to believe that the loss of cover for WTC would
require a five fold increase in physical security personnel at WTC and even ;
then security could not be ensured given the proximity of the facility to
public spaces and roads. .

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and the necessity for the American public to have the fullest
possible disclosure regarding the assassination of President
Kennédy, however, I believe that this reference is not relevant

-to the public’s understanding and that disclosure would cause
harms significantly disproportionate to‘ any public benefit.

9. (U) If the Board should have any questions with regard
to this matter, I have asked Lee Strickland, who serves as Chief
of the Agency’s Information Review Group, to be available to the
Board in order to provide such additional classified or
unclassified information as might be required.

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C/FMG/OFSS
- DO/CCO ~ ;
- C/WTC/FMG/OFSS
- DC/wTc
- OFSS Registry

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